Key Words: Christian Beliefs Flashcards
Agape
Christian love
Apostles Creed
A statement of Christian belief from the early church
Ascension
Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter
Atonement
The action of making amends for wrong doing. The idea of being at one with God
Catechism of the Catholic Church
A summary of Roman Catholic teaching
Church of England
The Protestant Church set up by Henry VIII to be the church of state in England, and rejecting Papal authority
Crucifixion
Capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them
Fundamentalist
Christians who take the Bible literally i.e. word for word true
Grace
Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it
Gospel
The names of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Incarnation
Means God in human form
Lord’s Prayer
The prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray
Messiah
The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians
Methodist
A protestant Christian group founded by John Wesley in the eighteenth century
Nicene Creed
A statement of belief used in Christian services